“...a time to…” (Ecclesiastes 3:1)

     Time!  We all have the same amount of it.   We all use it in various ways.  We all sometimes complain about not having enough time. 
     I had a friend who used to often say, “If only we had a 27 hour day”.  But of course, none of us do.  We all have the same number of hours in a day.  It’s just that sometimes, we don’t use it in the most efficient ways.
    I’ve read articles of how time has been studied.  But the fact is, no one can objectively observe and do research on time, since we all are in it.  It would be like evaluating how a vehicle looks and the roads it travels, but only as a person sitting in the vehicle.  Because we can never step out of time and look at it as an observer or research without being in it.
   Perhaps the best advice for all of us are these words of Scripture
 
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” (Eccl. 3:1)
 
“Making the most of the time” (Col. 4:5)
 
“My times are in your hands” (Psalm 31:15)
 
    The Bible points to time as a creation of God (Gen. 1:1 “In the beginning…” would be when time began).  And the Scriptures point when  time has an end (with references to the “end times )   Certainly God has control of time (Psalm 31:15),So then it is well that we look to the Eternal God (that is beyond all time) and trust in Him.  
 
    As we close this year, and look toward the new year, may God bless us in time and for all eternity!